Entry № 6398 · Sanskrit origin

Manju Manju — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ MAHN-joo /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Sanskrit
Meaning
"Sweet"
Syllables
2
First recorded
Ancient (Sanskrit)

A name that means "sweet".

Manju is from the Sanskrit mañju (मञ्जु — sweet, pleasant, beautiful). Took a 14-year hiatus after marriage to actor Dileep (1998-2014, divorced 2017); returned with How Old Are You? Mother of dancer Meenakshi Dileep.

Sweet (Sanskrit). Manju Warrier — Malayalam superstar + Sallapam + Aaraam Thampuran + 4x Kerala State Film Award Best Actress + How Old Are You? + Aami.

The name in its native script.

मञ्जु
Transliteration
Mañju
Pronunciation
/ ˈmɑːn.dʒuː /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Manju stands.

Manju does not currently appear in the US Social Security Administration's top 1,000 girls' names, so we don't publish a US rank or birth count for it. That says nothing about the name's standing elsewhere in the world — only that it sits outside the ranked US data we rely on.

Manjus before her.

Real people
Manju Warrier
Malayalam superstar + 4x Kerala State Award.
born 1978
In fiction
Manju
Sanskrit sweet.

Names connected to Manju.

The number behind Manju.

5

The Seeker

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Manju reduce to 5, The Seeker. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.